Wade breaks ’em down

Sensing his players needed a break, Wade Phillips held a walk-through in the morning for younger players only and had a no-pads workout for the full squad in the afternoon.

“What you try to do is wear down your players physically and mentally and then build them back up. That is part of the process,” Phillips said. “I think we are a little bit tired right now physically. You could see that especially yesterday, they were sore and tired and arms were a little weary and all that.

“But that’s what you go through. You have to bounce back from that or fight through that. That’s part of the training it takes to get ready for a football season – in any area, high school, college, pros.”

With that in mind, the Cowboys will begin work today on their short-yardage and goal-line plays in preparation for the preseason opener against Cincinnati in the Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 8.

“We’ll start pointing toward the game, and I think that will perk them up a little bit,” Phillips said.